Man escapes Columbia mental health facility; was being held in double murder

4:06 PM,
Jan. 2, 2014

Written by

Tony Santaella
WLTX

COLUMBIA - Oconee County deputies are searching for a killer who escaped from a Columbia mental health facility.

Deputies notified the public that Jason Mark Carter, 39, was unaccounted for. A representative for the South Carolina Department of Mental Health confirmed he left the facility, and that the State Law Enforcement Division had been notified Thursday morning.